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Summary

  • Add an in-memory rolling-window spend ledger under demos/payments so the policy guard bounds cumulative spend, not only a per-transaction cap.
  • Introduce authorizePayment on top of unchanged evaluatePaymentPolicy, with check-and-reserve as one synchronous step.
  • Key reservations by payment request id + payment option id so the Stripe URL + callback path authorizes once; commit on receipt, release on failure.

Fixes #138.

Notes

Everything stays in demos/payments (no package/protocol change). Budget breaches return denied, matching the existing per-transaction cap. Still demo-grade: in-memory, single-instance, denies rather than escalating to human approval.

Test plan

  • pnpm --filter ./demos/payments exec vitest run
  • Confirm split-attack test denies the 4th payment at the window limit
  • Confirm idempotent re-authorization does not double-count
  • Confirm commit/release and window expiry behaviour

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  • New Features
    • Added rolling-window cumulative spend limits alongside per-transaction caps.
    • Payment authorization now tracks spending by payer and currency, preventing transactions that exceed configured budgets.
    • Added retry-safe reservation handling for successful, failed, and repeated payment attempts.
    • Settled payments can continue through receipt issuance when they exceed the rolling budget.
    • Payment requests and receipts are signed using the payer identity.
    • Added verified payment settlement handling, expiration of abandoned settlements, and timeout protection for receipt retrieval.
  • Documentation
    • Updated payment policy documentation with budget rules, approval requirements, and demo ledger limitations.

Close the split-attack gap documented by agentcommercekit#97 with an in-memory rolling
window ledger and authorizePayment layer, keyed so Stripe's two-phase
flow reserves once. Fixes agentcommercekit#138.
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Walkthrough

The payments demo adds an in-memory rolling-window spend ledger, budget-aware payment authorization, payer-scoped service integration, signed Stripe settlement verification, and timed receipt fetches. Routes reserve spend before execution or signing, then commit successful receipts or release failed attempts.

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Payment spend budget

Layer / File(s) Summary
Rolling-window spend ledger
demos/payments/src/spend-ledger.ts, demos/payments/src/spend-ledger.test.ts
Adds collision-safe references, rolling-window reservations, expiry, subject and currency isolation, idempotent retries, over-budget recording, and commit or release handling.
Budget-aware policy authorization
demos/payments/src/payment-policy.ts, demos/payments/src/payment-policy.test.ts
Adds optional per-currency rolling budgets. authorizePayment applies transaction checks before reserving approved amounts and supports settled over-budget payments.
Stripe settlement and timeout handling
demos/payments/src/stripe-settlement.ts, demos/payments/src/stripe-settlement.test.ts
Adds signed event verification, retry-safe settlement state, TTL expiry, commit and release operations, and timeout handling through response-body buffering.
Payer-scoped service integration
demos/payments/src/payment-service.ts, demos/payments/src/index.ts, demos/payments/README.md
Payment routes authorize payer-scoped spend and create signed Stripe metadata. Receipt signing uses the payer identity, with commit on success and release on failure. Documentation describes the budget flow and demo limitations.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 83b91

The payments demo now enforces rolling spend limits while releasing failed reservations, authenticating settlement callbacks, and timing out stalled receipt requests. No current merge-blocking risk remains.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: adding a cumulative spend budget to the payments policy guard.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes implement the linked issue requirements. They add an in-memory rolling-window ledger, optional per-currency budgets, additive authorizePayment enforcement, synchronous reservation, idempot…
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demos/payments/src/payment-service.ts (1)

61-64: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Release the reservation if payment-URL creation fails.

This handler reserves budget, then builds the payment URL. No code path releases the reservation when that later step throws. The reserved amount then blocks budget for the full window even though no payment was attempted.

The callback path already releases on failure. Make the / path symmetric.

♻️ Proposed change
   const payerIdentity = await getPayerIdentity(c)
-  await enforcePaymentPolicy(c, paymentOption, {
-    subject: payerIdentity.did,
-    reference: spendReference(paymentRequest.id, paymentOptionId),
-  })
+  const reference = spendReference(paymentRequest.id, paymentOptionId)
+  await enforcePaymentPolicy(c, paymentOption, {
+    subject: payerIdentity.did,
+    reference,
+  })
+  try {
+    // ... existing payment URL creation
+  } catch (error) {
+    // No payment was started, so it must not hold the window budget.
+    spendLedger.release(reference)
+    throw error
+  }
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In `@demos/payments/src/payment-service.ts` around lines 61 - 64, Update the
payment handler around enforcePaymentPolicy and payment-URL creation to release
the budget reservation whenever URL creation fails after reservation. Make the
root path match the existing callback failure cleanup, while preserving
successful payment flow and avoiding release after a completed payment.
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Inline comments:
In `@demos/payments/src/payment-service.ts`:
- Around line 107-110: Update the payment callback re-authorization flow around
enforcePaymentPolicy so an over-budget result caused by the already-settled
payment is recorded as an over-budget callback and does not throw a 403 or block
receipt issuance. Preserve the existing per-transaction validation and normal
policy-denial behavior for payments that have not already settled, using the
surrounding payment settlement or receipt flow symbols to distinguish this case.

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In `@demos/payments/src/payment-service.ts`:
- Around line 61-64: Update the payment handler around enforcePaymentPolicy and
payment-URL creation to release the budget reservation whenever URL creation
fails after reservation. Make the root path match the existing callback failure
cleanup, while preserving successful payment flow and avoiding release after a
completed payment.

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Comment thread demos/payments/src/payment-service.ts
Stripe may charge after the rolling window expires. Treat callback
over-budget as accounting to record, not a 403 that withholds the receipt.
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Addressed the CodeRabbit finding on settled Stripe callbacks:

  • Callback re-auth now passes allowOverBudget: true
  • Over-budget still runs per-transaction checks; on window breach it recordOverBudget and continues to receipt issuance instead of 403
  • Added unit coverage in payment-policy.test.ts / spend-ledger.test.ts (25/25 green locally)

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CodeRabbit reservation-release nitpick addressed on the / path: if payment URL creation fails after enforcePaymentPolicy, the spend reservation is released via spendLedger.release(reference) so the window budget is not held.

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94-120: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Authorization Bypass (CWE-862): Missing Authorization

Reachability: External · Exploitability: Moderate

Verify Stripe settlement before allowing an over-budget callback.

The callback accepts a caller-supplied metadata.eventId, and verifyStripePayment performs no settlement verification. Require an authenticated Stripe event that matches the payment request and option before setting allowOverBudget: true.

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In `@demos/payments/src/payment-service.ts` around lines 94 - 120, Update the
callback flow around payerIdentity, paymentRequest, and paymentOption to
authenticate and verify the Stripe event identified by metadata.eventId,
ensuring it matches the payment request and payment option before calling
enforcePaymentPolicy. Only set allowOverBudget: true after successful settlement
verification; otherwise reject the callback.

129-158: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Bound the Receipt Service request.

The fetch(receiptServiceUrl, ...) call has no timeout or AbortSignal. If it remains pending, spendLedger.release(reference) does not run, and the reservation continues to consume the rolling budget until expiry. Add an AbortController timeout; the existing catch path will then release the same reference.

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In `@demos/payments/src/payment-service.ts` around lines 129 - 158, Update the
Receipt Service request in the payment flow around fetch and spendLedger.release
to use an AbortController with a timeout, passing its signal to
fetch(receiptServiceUrl, ...). Ensure the timeout aborts pending requests so the
existing catch path releases the same reference, and clean up the timeout when
the request completes.
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In `@demos/payments/src/payment-service.ts`:
- Around line 94-120: Update the callback flow around payerIdentity,
paymentRequest, and paymentOption to authenticate and verify the Stripe event
identified by metadata.eventId, ensuring it matches the payment request and
payment option before calling enforcePaymentPolicy. Only set allowOverBudget:
true after successful settlement verification; otherwise reject the callback.
- Around line 129-158: Update the Receipt Service request in the payment flow
around fetch and spendLedger.release to use an AbortController with a timeout,
passing its signal to fetch(receiptServiceUrl, ...). Ensure the timeout aborts
pending requests so the existing catch path releases the same reference, and
clean up the timeout when the request completes.

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Gate allowOverBudget on a pending payment-URL settlement plus a
Stripe-shaped event id, and bound the Receipt Service fetch with a
timeout so hung requests release the spend reservation.
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Addressed the latest CodeRabbit majors on this branch:

  • Stripe settlement before allowOverBudget: the / path now issues a pending settlement ticket for the payment-attempt reference; /stripe-callback only sets allowOverBudget: true after consuming that ticket with a Stripe-shaped evt_… event id (demo stand-in for a signed webhook / Events API check). Unsolicited callbacks get 401.
  • Receipt Service hang: fetchWithTimeout (10s AbortController) so a stalled receipt call hits the existing catch and spendLedger.release(reference).

Coverage: stripe-settlement.test.ts + existing policy/ledger suites — 33/33 green locally.

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Inline comments:
In `@demos/payments/src/payment-service.ts`:
- Line 136: Update the payment callback around metadata.eventId so
allowOverBudget is enabled only after the event is authenticated by a signed
Stripe webhook or verified through Stripe server-side. Do not trust the
request-provided event ID based solely on format or pending-payment matching,
and preserve receipt issuance only for verified payment events.

In `@demos/payments/src/stripe-settlement.ts`:
- Line 39: Update the settlement issuance flow around issue() and the pending
Map to record each entry’s issuance time and prune unconsumed settlements after
the payment URL lifetime or configured tracker TTL. Preserve callback and
explicit failure cleanup, and add a test verifying that an abandoned settlement
expires and is removed from pending.
- Line 58: Update the settlement flow around pending.delete and consumeVerified
so verification state is retained until Receipt Service issuance succeeds. Track
processing or verified status, commit one-time consumption only after successful
receipt issuance, and allow idempotent retries for the same verified Stripe
event after recoverable failures.
- Line 86: Update fetchWithTimeout and its payment-service.ts caller so the
timeout remains active through response.json() and is cleared only after body
parsing completes, ensuring stalled receipt bodies release the spend
reservation; add a regression test covering an incomplete body that exceeds the
deadline.

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Comment thread demos/payments/src/payment-service.ts
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Comment thread demos/payments/src/stripe-settlement.ts
Require HMAC-authenticated Stripe events, keep verified settlements until
receipt success for idempotent retries, expire abandoned pending entries,
and keep the receipt fetch timeout armed through body buffering.
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Addressed the latest CodeRabbit majors on this branch:

  • Signed Stripe events: callbacks now require an HMAC (metadata.signature over eventId.reference) with the demo webhook secret — format-only evt_… ids are no longer enough for allowOverBudget.
  • Don't consume before receipt: verify() marks settlement verified but retains it; commit() runs only after Receipt Service succeeds, so recoverable receipt failures can retry with the same event.
  • Expire abandoned pendings: pending settlements prune after a 30m TTL (abandoned payment-URL lifetime).
  • Body-aware fetch timeout: fetchWithTimeout keeps the AbortController armed through response body buffering, so a stalled JSON body still releases the spend reservation path.

Coverage: stripe-settlement / policy / ledger tests — 37/37 green locally.

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Thank you for this. A cumulative budget for the payments demo is already in review in #187, which was opened first and follows earlier review feedback. Review comments on that PR are the most helpful way to move this forward. Closing as a duplicate of #187.

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